People: China's One Child Policy

Question 1

What happened if you had more than one child?

Answer 1

Those people who had more than one child didn’t receive benefits and were fined.

Question 2

What happened in rural areas?

Answer 2

The policy was keenly resulted in rural area as it is traditional to have large families.

Question 3

What happens in urban areas?

Answer 3

The policy has been strictly but remote rural areas have been harder to control.

Question 4

What happened if you become pregnant again?

Answer 4

Many people claim that some people who became pregnant after they had already had a child, were forced to have an abortion.

Question 5

How has it been good for China?

Answer 5

The birth rate in China has fallen since 1979, and the rate of population growth is now 0.7%

Question 6

Long term implications?

Answer 6

• the falling birth rate leading to rise in the relative number of elderly people
• fewer people of working age to support the growing number of elderly dependants, in the future China could have an ageing population